No, but I have friends/customers with really big bucket trucks. They are
tree guys. Also, the local electric utility usually sets my poles. I have
customers there too. The company charged me $250.00 for a 65 footer a few
months back.
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:36 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations
Must not have any lineman friends. ;-)
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
On 7/19/2010 4:53 PM, Mike wrote:
Fred:
I have some "poles" on my network. They are hard to climb and service
would
be the only caveats I'd share. Consider windmills. The ones they sell to
keep ponds aerated are aesthetically pleasing and not too expensive.
Friendly Regards,
Mike
Mike Gilchrist
Disruptive Technologist
Advanced Wireless Express
P.O. Box 255
Toledo, IA 52342
239.770.6203
m...@aweiowa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Fred R. Goldstein
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:24 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations
A design I'm working on is in a hilly wooded rural/resort area, not
farmland. It will need a fair number (perhaps a few dozen) sites to
cover the planned turf. Each node will need both backhaul (mesh, in
the loose sense) and access antennas. The obvious place to put these
is atop utility poles. I think the local electric cooperative will
cooperate and let us rent pole space. We may however need to put
additional poles in some places. They seem cheaper than metal towers
and are less likely to raise the locals' eyebrows.
Does anyone out there have experience with this sort of
arrangement? We're in the budgeting stage now. I have an idea what
the radios cost but the installation might be the bigger deal. The
big engineering firms are more used to fancy cellular and fiber
installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in
someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or
setup with us too. Thanks.
--
Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com
ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/
+1 617 795 2701
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